The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1887-06-08
HE WILL GO ABROAD.
MT. Blaine Gives His Plans for His Forth
coming TEip to Europe.

Mr. Blaine Gives His Plans for His Forth
coming Trip to Europe.
New YORK, May 31.-The World will
print tomorrow an elaborate account of q
visit made by correspondent to Mr..
Blaine at his home In Augusta, de, -an6
afterYard at his cottage at Bar HARDER, in
the course of which Mr.. Blaine gave fully
his plans for his forthcoming trip, discussed
the false reports of his failing health, and
referred at length to the work he has be.
slowed upon the books just finished. He
saws his visit abroad viii extend over more
than year and doubtless beyond the time
of the meeting of the next national con-
vention. Mr.. Blame said:
II am going abroad and expect to be
away about a year. Mrs. Blaine and my
daughters, Margarita and Hattie, will make
up the party. / have engaged state rooms
on the German Lloyds' ship Ems, which
sails June s, Wednesday week. intended
to 60 a little earlier on the Fortuna, OF the
Cunard line, but their ships are very much
crowded and could not get the accommo-
dations wanted. We shall stop. at
Southampton and go at once to London.
We intend to spend considerable time
in travelling through Great Britain.
After England we will probably go to
Scotland and Ireland. Then, l think, we
shall spend a time in Germany, and after
that take in France. By this time it will
Spain and Italy will be comfortable. We
| intend to make a tour through both of
| these countries and spend next winter
along the Mediterranean. We will prob
ably make long visits in Rome and Greece,
| perhaps stop a brief time in CONSTANT
| nople, and visit the scenes of the recent
earthquakes in the south of France and adj
| joining portions of Italy. A year is suit
hcient TO cover great deal OF ground with
out hurrying"
The correspondent asked: "How about
/ the report, Mr.. Blaine, that you contem-
| plate in some way assisting Mr.. Gladstone
and the home rule party?"
THAT story is purely imaginative. l
never had such an idea IN my mind. No,
indeed; / shall do nothing of the kind"
'It has been widely published that your
trip to Europe is for the benefit OF your
health. Is that the caseP'
1T is very curious about that report. l
| have been made sick by various newspapers
at various times, and first and last have
been made to have nearly every malady
that know of. l have had Bright's dis
ease, torpid liver, affection of the heart
paralysis, nervous debility, and, well, l
don't know now, but, at any rate, good
many other diseases. AS / said, it is
curious how these stories start. / have, in
fact, cen singularly free from sickness.
have had hardly a sick day in my life;
never any time serious, ana never had an
organic trouble of any kind"
Mr.. Blaine positively declined to talk
about politics, except that while in CONVEX
sation with the correspondent in his cot
tage at Bar Harbor, ne said, in regard tc
the Burchard incident IN 1884: 81 did not
hear what he said. But the reporters heard
il, and the next day every paper in the
country had 1t, OF course. But as matter
of fact / did not hear il myself. Way out
in Indiana they had it that 1 had said
1t. oh, yes, it went all
over the State that way. In q
good many places in the West they had
slips of paper printed with Read what Mr.
Blaine says on them, and distributed in
the front of the churches on Sunday.
That is what lost me the election. You
know, of course, how close it was. Well,
in New York City alone it lost me several
thousand votes-a good deal more
than enough to have carried
the State. have never felt
sure that was not elected. 1t was mat
ter of less than 600 votes to have turned
New York the other way. When it is al
close as that there can be no certainty o.
the count. / do not think it can ever bt
said with certainty which one of Us really
got the most votes"
The report, which occupies about five
columns of the World, embraces many
other points of politics concerning Mr.
Blaine and his views.